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... saloons , billiard halls , a post office , a dancing school , and all the necessary stores , as well as a Grand Hotel and the Bank of Stancell , Bond and Harris . Stancell , who was one of the early owners of the Phillips mine , became ...
... saloons , billiard halls , a post office , a dancing school , and all the necessary stores , as well as a Grand Hotel and the Bank of Stancell , Bond and Harris . Stancell , who was one of the early owners of the Phillips mine , became ...
Page 161
... saloons and dancehouses , " continues the paper in a burst of optimism . Fire destroyed most of the town in 1882 and from this catastrophe it never recovered . Today its remaining buildings are scattered through a grove of trees , with ...
... saloons and dancehouses , " continues the paper in a burst of optimism . Fire destroyed most of the town in 1882 and from this catastrophe it never recovered . Today its remaining buildings are scattered through a grove of trees , with ...
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... saloons in his camp and permitted no work on Sundays . Instead , he brought in ministers to talk to the " boys " whenever possible . Poverty Bar had no such restric- tions - its saloons ran wide open and poker games were going at all ...
... saloons in his camp and permitted no work on Sundays . Instead , he brought in ministers to talk to the " boys " whenever possible . Poverty Bar had no such restric- tions - its saloons ran wide open and poker games were going at all ...
Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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